Isaiah 40:22

God's Word

God is enthroned above the earth, and those who live on it are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the sky like a canopy and spreads it out like a tent to live in.

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

Then God said, “Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water.”

Job 22:14

Thick clouds surround him so that he cannot see. He walks above the clouds.’

Job 26:7

“He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.

Job 36:29

Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place?

Job 37:18

Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal?

Job 9:8

He stretches out the heavens by himself and walks on the waves of the sea.

Psalm 104:2

You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe. You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.

Psalm 18:11

He made the darkness his hiding place, the dark rain clouds his covering.

Psalm 19:4

⌞Yet,⌟ their sound has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun,

Psalm 2:4

The one enthroned in heaven laughs. The Lord makes fun of them.

Psalm 29:10

The Lord sat enthroned over the flood. The Lord sits enthroned as king forever.

Psalm 68:33

God rides through the ancient heaven, the highest heaven. Listen! He makes his voice heard, his powerful voice.

Proverbs 8:27

“When he set up the heavens, I was there. When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

Isaiah 19:1

This is the divine revelation about Egypt. The Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s idols will tremble in his presence. Egypt’s courage will fail.

Isaiah 37:16

“Lord of Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned over the angels. You alone are God of the kingdoms of the world. You made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:15

The nations are like a drop in a bucket and are considered to be like dust on a scale. The weight of the islands is like fine dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not be discouraged or crushed until he has set up justice on the earth. The coastlands will wait for his teachings.

Isaiah 42:5

The Lord God created the heavens and stretched them out. He shaped the earth and all that comes from it. He gave life to the people who are on it and breath to those who walk on it. This is what the Lord God says:

Isaiah 44:24

The Lord reclaimed you. He formed you in the womb. This is what the Lord says: I, the Lord, made everything. I stretched out the heavens by myself. I spread out the earth all alone.

Isaiah 51:13

Why have you forgotten the Lord, your Creator? He stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Where is the fury of those who oppress you?

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?

Jeremiah 10:12

The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding.

Zechariah 12:1

This is the prophetic revelation, the Lord’s word about Israel. The Lord—who spread out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit in a person—says,

Numbers 13:33

We saw Nephilim there. (The descendants of Anak are Nephilim.) We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that’s how we must have looked to them.”